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By winning the 1986 IHRA alcohol funny car (A/FC) national title, Burkett became only the second woman to win a national title in a professional class, [3] following Shirley Muldowney. In September 1995, she was involved in a serious accident at Beaver Springs Dragway that threatened to end her racing career.
The 8 year old was participating in her first solo run and was attempting to gain her racing license when she lost control of her car and crashed into a concrete wall, life support was turned off the following day. [81] Nicky Bogdan (USA) 1958-10-12 Drag racing Great Lakes Dragway: Race Veered left off of the track and plowed through a field [82]
The official cause of death was determined to be "blunt-force trauma to the head" occurring prior to the fire that engulfed the race vehicle after the crash. [ 25 ] Combs' final run across Oregon's Alvord Desert on August 27 reached 522.783 mph (841.338 km/h), [ 26 ] before her crash, which broke the existing women's land speed record of 512.71 ...
New details have emerged in the death of drag star The Vivienne.. The RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner, whose real name is James Lee Williams, died at age 32 on Jan. 5.Initially, no details regarding ...
Shirley Muldowney (born June 19, 1940), also known professionally as "Cha Cha" and the "First Lady of Drag Racing", is an American auto racer. She was the first woman to receive a license from the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) to drive a Top Fuel dragster. She won the NHRA Top Fuel championship in 1977, 1980, and 1982, becoming the first ...
Anna Beatriz Pereira Alves, also known as Anna Polly, fell to her death from a Brazilian hotel balcony after inviting two men to film X-rated scenes for an adult site. The woman, aged 28, was ...
Nancy Debenham born c. 1906, death date unknown Abbie Eaton born ( 1992-01-02 ) 2 January 1992 (age 33) Jessica Edgar born ( 2005-03-15 ) 15 March 2005 (age 19)
Police released images of the suspect in the fatal subway fire. ... The poor woman’s fiery death came just as Gov. Kathy Hochul sent 250 more National Guard troops into the Big Apple’s subway ...